What are the elements of a plaintiff’s action?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Borchers v. Kulak, 2009 ABQB 457 (CanLII):

Further the failure to prove even one of these elements means that a plaintiff’s action must fail. Fournier v. Wiens, 2004 ABQB 430, 368 A.R. 306 at para. 76.

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